Beasley, Davis charged in federal gambling case
Key takeaways
- Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis, and an NBA agent are among six defendants indicted Monday on charges related to an alleged sports betting scheme, according to a federal indictment released Monday.
- Davis and co-defendants Rob Gorodetsky, Ernesto Plascencia and William Brown were arrested Monday, according to a spokesperson for the U.S.
- According to the indictment, Beasley lost millions of dollars gambling during his nine-year NBA career.
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Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis, and an NBA agent are among six defendants indicted Monday on charges related to an alleged sports betting scheme, according to a federal indictment released Monday.
Davis and co-defendants Rob Gorodetsky, Ernesto Plascencia and William Brown were arrested Monday, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. Beasley and defendant Paolo Zamorano, who was Davis' agent, were not in custody as of Monday morning.
According to the indictment, Beasley lost millions of dollars gambling during his nine-year NBA career. He agreed to underperform and overperform ahead of at least three games during the 2023-24 season while he was with the Milwaukee Bucks, so that the co-conspirators could wager on his statistics, according to the indictment.